Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-09-20 | Page 14 | Guest Sets Pace in Polo Battle

Guest Sets Pace In Polo Battle Young Eastern Team Comes From Behind to 10 Beat Western Rivals MEADOWBROOK L. L I I. Sept 20 UP Polo UP-Polo Polo followers debated Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- Thursday day whether the fiery young eastern team that scored a dazzling 10 to 8 B triumph over the highly touted western west west- em ern riders in the series opener can turn the trick again Saturday afternoon after after- noon The series will be decided on the best two out of ot three games The east with Winston Guest Inthe Inthe in inthe the lead left the older westerners amazed and brought wildly cheering spectators to their feet inthe in inthe inthe the seventh ch chukker when they staged one of the greatest comebacks in time big polo The west showed its power in the sixth chukker when Cecil Smith almost almost al al- most single handed scored three goals one of them In three wallops on a charge carrying nearly the length of the yard field What happened in the next chukI chukker chuk chuk- I ker when no one even dared hope the east cast could overcome overcome an 8 84 lead was that the east's casts ni much ch discussed team pl play y and speed took hold The leather hell galloping resulted in six goals The game showed that the teams seemed about evenly matched in ponies The east cast showed an ability at smooth stroking that is going goin to be troublesome to the west Its defense was sound This was evident from the way Post handled Smith and the toe manner in which Guest galloped in into into into to break up the w western te n attack and turn the ball out but ut to the accurate passing of at Phipps and Mills The west never seemed at its best until S Smith nith went to work in the sixth and received brilliant aid from Roark and Pedley Boeseke scored two goals but he never seemed at l his s best